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Mistake sends suspect to jail
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Thu,07/12/12-1:00PM , 171 Reads
A doctor’s visit Wednesday for a Greenwood man facing murder and conspiracy charges related to the Abraham law office shootout turned into a trip to jail after his electronic ankle monitor alerted police.
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Who’s judge in Itta Bena?
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor

Wed,07/11/12-4:31PM , 206 Reads
What happens when two different people show up to court believing they’re going to be the judge?

Itta Bena is finding out.

Carlos Palmer and Deshandra Ross both arrived at the city’s courtroom on April 4 expecting to be on the bench, according to documents included in a lawsuit Palmer has filed.
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AG's opinion sought on election candidate
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor
Tue,07/10/12-4:54PM , 156 Reads
Leflore County Supervisor Phil Wolfe is asking Mississippi’s attorney general for an opinion regarding possible problems with qualifying forms by an Election Commission candidate.

The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Monday to wait to officially accept the qualifying statements pending the opinion.
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Freddie White-Johnson, left, executive director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation, presents a framed certificate and $100 check to Annie Randle on Thursday in honor of Randle’s work promoting breast cancer screenings. Randle, a breast cancer survivor, helped 20 other women get mammograms, and three of the women were diagnosed with cancer.

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Cancer survivor honored
By CHARLIE SMITH - News Editor
Sun,07/08/12-3:00AM , 97 Reads
A Greenwood breast cancer survivor is being honored for her life-saving efforts to recruit other women to get mammograms.

Annie Randle, 54, received a framed certificate and $100 check Thursday from Freddie White-Johnson, executive director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
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